Does the girl ever rest? Taylor Swift topped off a busy weekend on Sunday, taking home three trophies at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas just one day after thrilling the crowd at Bridgestone Arena with a sneak preview of her "Speak Now" tour.

Swift won the evening's first award, as top album artist, behind the multimillion sales for Speak Now. She also won top country artist and top country album.

"The impact of an album is all determined by the fans," she told the audience when she picked up her first. "You've just given me another reason to be completely in love with you."

The Billboard Music Awards are given out to music's most popular artists. The finalists and winners are determined by their rank on the Billboard charts and their "social and streaming activity."

The Billboard Awards had been a staple since 1989 but gave out what appeared to be its last award in 2006. This year, the show was brought back. It was held in Las Vegas, broadcast live on ABC and hosted by The Hangover 2 star Ken Jeong.

CMT’s Evan Farmer and Today show hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb announced the nominees Wednesday on the NBC morning show.

Crow and Lewis weren't the only traditionally non-country acts CMT roped into the nominee list. Teen pop star Justin Bieber earned a nod for his duet with Rascal Flatts, “That Should Be Me”; rock band Train snagged one for their performance of “A Broken Wing” with Martina McBride on the network’s Crossroads series, John Mayer showing up for his Crossroads teaming with Urban; and soul-pop singer Adele joins the list for her performance of Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” with Darius Rucker on the 2010 CMT Artists of the Year television special.

Fans can vote for their favorite artists online at CMT.com through June 7 to determine the winners.

The CMT Awards will air live at 7 p.m. on June 8 from Nashville. The show's venue and ticket on-sale date are yet to be announced. Check after the jump for the full of nominees.Continue reading →

If you like music videos about making music videos, this one's for you. Also, get ready for a lot of competitive vocal-running. Sure, this song is about a girl, but it's easy to imagine Biebs and Flatts' Gary LeVox are actually talking about which one of them should be singing lead.

“That Should Be Me” is available on Bieber’s new Never Say Never – The Remixes soundtrack CD.

Rascal Flatts will offer fans an inside look at the band and their music, as well as introduce viewers to a couple of famous friends on Saturday during their hour-long concert special “Rascal Flatts: Nothing Like This Presented by JCPenney,” which will air 8 p.m. on ABC.

Bedingfield’s portion was filmed during Flatts’ live concert taping in St. Paul, Minnesota in January and Bieber shows up during never before seen footage from Flatts’ video shoot with the teen for his song “That Should Be Me.” An extended clip of the Flatts/Bieber video will also air on the show.

“We wanted to bring out all the bells and whistles,” said singer Gary LeVox.

But that’s not all they brought — LeVox also had his daughters Brittany, 10, and Brooklyn, 6, in tow.

“I wouldn’t have been able to come home if they girls couldn’t have come (to meet Justin Bieber),” he laughed. “They even made the television special.”

“For us, we immediately fell in love with ("Why Wait"),” Flatts bassist Jay DeMarcus said at the party, held at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel. “It was a no-brainer. It’s a shuffle and we had never done one before. And it harkened back to the early Rascal Flatts. I think fans felt what we were feeling when we cut it.”

The band didn’t bask in their chart-topping success for too long. Their follow-up single -- sweeping ballad “I Won’t Let Go,” also from their Nothing Like This album -- has been at country radio for about eight weeks and is already at No. 16 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. The bandmembers said the song was “one of the biggest” they'd found in several years.

“(Singer) Gary (LeVox) called it an 'adult lullaby,'” said guitarist Joe Don Rooney. “We all have a loved one that’s struggling and we want to help them through it. That’s what ('I Won’t Let Go') is about.”

“Why Wait’ to put the strongest material out,” DeMarcus joked. “We always knew (‘I Won’t Let Go’) was going to be a single. It was just (a question of) when.”

Fans can catch Rascal Flatts on Saturday, March 12 when their Rascal Flatts: Nothing Like This presented by JCPenney special airs on ABC. Justin Bieber and Natasha Bedingfield appear on the show as the trio’s special guests. Showtime is 7 p.m.

Wondering which famous gentleman the tabloids will link country-pop superstar Taylor Swift with next? Enter Nashville-raised Glee star/singer Chord Overstreet, who was captured on camera taking in a Los Angeles Kings game alongside Swift in California Thursday.

Perhaps the two were on a first date, perhaps they're Nashville friends, perhaps they just happened to have seats next to each other at a hockey game; one thing we can count on: They will be famous-land's new tabloid couple for at least a week either way, and will probably be called Chaylor at least once. (Oh. Whoops.) We reached out to Swift's reps, who keep a general rule of not commenting on Swift's personal life, for comment; no response yet.

Monday night, Bieber tweeted, "Rockin out the new 'That Should Be Me' video with Rascal Flatts. Epic!!" Bieber and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts alsopostedphotosfrom the video shoot (which gave a peek at the set and at Bieber's new, fan-captivating shorter haircut).

All this following Flatts member Joe Don Rooney's early February tweet that "That Should Be Me" was a "killer song," which sounds much more frightening than young Bieb's "epic" description.

"That Should Be Me" is available on Bieber's new Never Say Never - The Remixes soundtrack CD. Flatts' new "I Won't Let Go" single is currently at No. 22 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.

Do yourself a favor and try your best to wipe your memories of Super Bowl Sunday — which had Ozzy Osbourne shilling for Best Buy in a Tron-esque spacesuit with Justin Bieber, and Slash magically appearing at halftime to accompany Fergie on the worst rendition of “Sweet Child of Mine,” well, ever.

Instead, think back to “Paranoid,” “Iron Man” and “Crazy Train” — the original, not the swinging theme used for The Osbournes — and know that Ozzy’s in much better shape today than the mumbling, easily confused character seen on reality TV. Plus, his patented sneering vocals are the sort of gift that barely diminishes with age.

Speaking of aging gracefully — aside from some questionable choices in collaborators — Slash is looking, and sounding, remarkably like the same guy who welcomed us to the jungle in the ’80s and bid adieu to Axl nearly 15 years ago. Last year, he released his self-titled solo debut, featuring a number of his past and present bandmates.

Ozzy and Slash come to Nashville on Wednesday, Feb. 16 for a show at Bridgestone Arena (501 Broadway, 770-7825). It starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets run $35-$75.